LISTENINGTONY WEIDNER, LUKE NEVILLS, CALVIN PARKS, BRIAN LEWIS

LISTENING DEFINED

• LISTENING VS. HEARING• HEARINGS IS SOUND ENTERING

EAR.• LISTENING ASSIGNS MEANING

TO SOUND.

MINDLESS VS. MINDFUL LISTENING

• HTTP://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=QG8PIK74KO4• MINDLESS IS AUTOMATIC/INSTINCTIVE• MINDLESS REQUIRES LITTLE EFFORT• MINDLESS CAN LEAD TO…

POOR LISTENING HABITS

• PSUEDOLISTENING-LOOKING ATTENTIVE, BUT THE LISTENER IS ACTUALLY IN ANOTHER WORLD.

• STAGE HOGGING-SPEAKER ONLY CARES ABOUT THEIR OWN IDEAS

• SELECTIVE LISTENING-LISTENER ONLY RESPONDS TO WHAT INTERESTS THEM

• DEFENSIVE LISTENING-LISTENER TAKES INNOCENT COMMENTS AS ATTACKS

• AMBUSHING-LISTENER LISTENS CAREFULLY ONLY TO ATTACK YOU.

• HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=DCZIDQ0V1FU&SPFRELOAD=10

REASONS FOR LISTENING- TO UNDERSTAND- TO EVALUATE- BUILD AND MAINTAIN

RELATIONSHIPS- TO HELP OTHERS

TO UNDERSTAND

• COULD APPLY TO MANY SCENARIOS.

• SCHOOL• WORK• SPORTS• RELATIONSHIPS

• LISTENING FIDELITY- DESCRIBES THE DEGREE OF CONGRUENCE BETWEEN WHAT A LISTENER UNDERSTANDS AND WHAT THE MESSAGE SENDER WAS ATTEMPTING TO COMMUNICATE.

OTHER REASONS FOR LISTENING

• TO EVALUATE- DECIPHER AMBIGUOUS LANGUAGE.

• TO BUILD OR MAINTAIN RELATIONSHIPS- FOREIGN RELATIONS.

• TO HELP OTHERS- DOCTORS LAWYERS.

EXAMPLE CLIPS

• BUILDING AND MAINTAINING RELATIONSHIPS: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=4VOUBVB4CTU

• TO UNDERSTAND: HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=W2YV8AT0UFC&SPFRELOAD=10

• POOR EVALUATIVE LISTENING- HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=W1RY_72O_LQ

QUESTIONS

• 1) FOR WHAT REASON OR REASONS WOULD A DOCTOR

LISTEN TO HIS OR HER PATIENT?

A) TO UNDERSTAND.B) TO EVALUATE.

C) TO HELP OTHERS.D) A AND C.

E) ALL OF THE ABOVE.

• 2)TRUE OF FALSELISTENING CONGRUENCE IS A

TERM USED BY RESEARCHERS TO DESCRIBE HOW WELL A MESSAGE WAS PRESENTED BETWEEN TWO

OR MORE COMMUNICATORS.

QUESTIONS3) TRUE OR FALSE: LISTENING IS ALL OF THE

SOUNDS THAT ENTERS INTO OUR MIND.4) TRUE OF FALSE: MINDLESS LISTENING REQUIRES

LITTLE EFFORT.5) WHICH TYPE OF POOR LISTENING HABIT DOES

THIS SITUATION PRESENT?-SUZY AND KARLEE ARE SITTING IN A COFFEE

SHOP. SUZY ASKS IF KARLEE HAS A BOYFRIEND AND KARLEE GETS MAD AND RESPONDS “DOES IT

LOOK LIKE I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!?”